Charles grew up in a country town in northern
Victoria, far from anything connected to filmmaking,
except for an obsession with movies.
Though his household was largely dependent on
government assistance, he found a way to make
films with equipment ‘borrowed’ from the local
school and, while still in his teens, won the Best
Director award at Tropfest.
Over the past decade his acclaimed films have
screened and won awards at some of the world’s
most prestigious film festivals including Clermont-
Ferrand, SXSW, Telluride, Toronto, MIFF, Flickerfest
and Sapporo, and in 2016 he was nominated for Best
Short Fiction Film at the AACTA Awards.
His latest short film ‘All These Creatures’ has been
awarded the Palme D'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film
Festival and he is currently developing feature
projects 'Inside' and 'The Buzzard'